An employer has won a costs order against an HR business partner, who persisted with challenging his serious misconduct sacking via "incoherent" claims containing AI hallucinations.
An employer yet to face penalties for breaching an employee's general protections has convinced the Federal Court to hear an appeal against findings made about its decision-making process.
Even when an IME suggests an employee permanently can't perform the inherent requirements of their job, it's best not to assume it's safe to dismiss them, a lawyer says.
An employee had no basis for claiming she was unfairly dismissed when she'd "simply allowed" her fifth fixed-term contract to expire by failing to sign an extension, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An employer conducted a "woefully inadequate" investigation into an employee's complaints, then unfairly sacked her after deciding it couldn't provide her with a safe workplace, the Fair Work Commission has found.
A people and culture manager who conducted regular welfare checks with an absent worker prior to dismissing him has successfully defended his adverse action claim.
Sacking an employee at a meeting that he'd been told would discuss "performance concerns" didn't constitute a fair process, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
A "bullish and intimidating" response to an employee's absence was just one example of an employer's unreasonable conduct, which ultimately forced him to resign, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
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